Another day

Jan 3rd 2007 - And could i be anymore bored???? Noooooooooooo...... of course I'm working. well, I'm here, obviously not working very hard!!!!

Feeling a bit shit this morning - my whole body is sore, the 30 minutes on the bus and train were just horrible, I obviously had a few paracetamol, so feeling marginally better right now.Its just plain boredom.

And right now, cant think of anything to say.. BRILLIANT...

It's one of those days, I just wanna go home curl up in bed and sleep..

Bye for now

Iz

Hello there...

After a few months with no news.. ( wots new!!!!).. Just thought I'd let you know, wot I've been up to.

December was a busy month for me, went to Portugal for 10 days, spent the first 4 with family and then headed to Lisbon to stay with friends. Always a pleasure to go home, despite all the issues and the fact that I always spend way too much money (my credit card balance is quite scary at the moment).
Came back from Portugal for 4 days then headed to Ireland for Xmas, spent time in Laytown and Bettystown- nothing much happens around there, so besides spending time in the Pub, and go for a walk on the beach on Xmas day ( after all the turkey and ham, really needed a walk), we pretty much just chilled out.. Also went for a drive to Kells, which is were is B's family comes from, again very charming town.. with not much happening.. :p

Came back to London on the 27th, back to work for 28th and 29th ( the joy, the joy!!)

New years celebration was spent with friends at the Elgin, turned out to be a really good night,sambuca did probably have a bit to do with it.. And obviously D. singing 500 miles on Karaoke -- Great stuff...

And its now all over, back to work today.. for a change nothing is working properly, luckily lots of people still on holiday, so up to now no idiots on the phone with a completely stupid complaint.. ( I love my job, REALLY!!).

Havent made a new years resolution yet - still thinking about it--... but for all of you that did - HOPE YOU MANAGE TO GET THRU THE NEXT WEEK, WITHOUT FALLING INTO TEMPTATION.. :p -- If you do, oh well, U've got another 12 months to try... ;-)

Now time to pretend I'm doing some work!!!

Isabel
x

With New year resolutions or not... Hope everyone has had a BRILLIANT New Year's Eve..

Col. Tim Collins speech to his troops in Iraq ( Royal Irish Regiment)

( taken from the book Rules of Engagement, by Tim Collins - a book I certaintly recommend)

We go to liberate, not to conquer.
We will not fly our flags in their country
We are entering Iraq to free a people and the only flag which will be flown in that ancient land is their own.
Show respect for them.
There are some who are alive at this moment who will not be alive shortly.
Those who do not wish to go on that journey, we will not send.
As for the others, I expect you to rock their world.

Wipe them out if that is what they choose.
But if you are ferocious in battle remember to be magnanimous in victory.
Iraq is steeped in history.
It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham.
Tread lightly there.
You will see things that no man could pay to see-- and you will have to go a long way to find a more decent, generous and upright people than the Iraqis.
You will be embarrassed by their hospitality even though they have nothing.
Don't treat them as refugees for they are in their own country.
Their children will be poor, in years to come they will know that the light of liberation in their lives was brought by you.
If there are casualties of war then remember that when they woke up and got dressed in the morning they did not plan to die this day.
Allow them dignity in death.
Bury them properly and mark their graves.
It is my foremost intention to bring every single one of you out alive.
But there may be people among us who will not see the end of this campaign.
We will put them in their sleeping bags and send them back.
There will be no time for sorrow.
The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction.
There are many regional commanders who have stains on their souls and they are stoking the fires of hell for Saddam.
He and his forces will be destroyed by this coalition for what they have done.
As they die they will know their deeds have brought them to this place.
Show them no pity.
It is a big step to take another human life.
It is not to be done lightly.
I know of men who have taken life needlessly in other conflicts.
I can assure you they live with the mark of Cain upon them.
If someone surrenders to you then remember they have that right in international law and ensure that one day they go home to their family.
The ones who wish to fight, well, we aim to please.
If you harm the regiment or its history by over-enthusiasm in killing or in cowardice, know it is your family who will suffer.You will be shunned unless your conduct is of the highest -- for your deeds will follow you down through history.
We will bring shame on neither our uniform or our nation.

It is not a question of if, it's a question of when.
We know he has already devolved the decision to lower commanders, and that means he has already taken the decision himself.
If we survive the first strike we will survive the attack.
As for ourselves, let's bring everyone home and leave Iraq a better place for us having been there.
Our business now is North.

Weekend - at last

Is it just me or this has been THE longest week ever...
Finally friday night, its not even because I have any really exciting plans,but just the idea of not having to wake up tomorrow and go to work is enough to make me really happy..


Tomorrow heading to Kent to visit friends and see Paul's album launch... Check out www.4thwall.net -- really really excited about that, it'll be a FANTASTIC night..

Now my lovelies its time to say goodnight..

Isabel xx

Norway Photos - as promised

Sunset..

Bergen

Cute troll

Brendan and I

Our first pint

Old town- Bergen

Fjord

House

Little Isle

Norwegian Fjords

Good Morning all,

After a few weeks with no news, I think its about time I let you know what I've been up to.

A couple weekends ago spent 3 days cruising the Norwegian Fjords with a few friends, which was absolutely amazing, if anything just made me feel like going back with more time, and travel further north where apparently the scenery is much more dramatic.

The weekend started with a 3 hour train journey up to Newcastle quite early in the morning, there we boarded our cruise ship. We sailed to Stavanger and then Haugesund, unfortunately we were unable to spend time in these 2 cities, from there we traveled to Bergen, the scenery was stunning, the houses are really cute, and the whole journey up to Bergen I was amazed, i didnt know where to look, I didnt wanna miss out on any details of that amazing scenery.
None of the photos do justice to what the place was really like.

We had 2 hours in Bergen, so we figure that the funicular would be a good idea. The view of the city from the top of Mount Floyen was amazing, it really is an beautiful city with an amazing sense of space.

Once we got back on the ferry all we did was a lot of card playing,( The King was beaten at his own game, Well done King ). had quite a few cocktails, saw a truly amazing sunset. And slept lots.

I honestly advice anyone to go to Norway, its not CHEAP, but you'll never forget the place.

It was a great weekend, that just gave me a little taste of what Norway looks like.

Photos will be added soon, just need to get some of the pics sorted out.

Cheers guys,

Isabel